PHOTOS DATE

There are two different types of metadata, that for the file itself and one for the photo in the file.

The Finder only reads the file's metadata and that can change when it's copied, moved between volumes, etc. The photos' metadata, EXIF metadata, is embedded within the file itself and can only be read by apps that can read EXIF fields in a file. Photos and Preview are two that can.

You might find an app that can put the EXIF capture date into the file's creation date field but it probably would be changed then next time it's moved to another volume, etc.

You would be best served putting the creation date into the file name with a 3rd party file remaining app like Name Mangler. When I was very active as the family photographer I would download everything I took each day into a folder and renamed the files with the date and a brief description of the event.

Then I can sort by date by sorting alphanumerically. A little effort up front saves a lot of problems down the line.

> what I could do so the date appearing in Finder is the date I took the photo

Use some 3rd party app like GraphicConverter to copy the EXIF date (if it exists *) to the file Creation & Modification date (and also to the filename as 2021-0902-0848-02.jpg for example).

* Some sites like WhatsApp and Facebook strip metadata from the images and movies and it is a pain to guess and put it back if one wants to archive such files with correct dates.

If you use finder in column view, you can see both the file date, and the image capture date. Unfortunately you still can't sort by the image capture date in finder.

Yes, set Finder view to Column or Gallery view or enable Preview in List view to see more metadata like the EXIF date.

But AFAIR those files must be on a Spotlight-indexed volume (like by default the internal boot volume).

and I copy the photos to my photo folder in Finder, then drag them to the Photos app in order to tweak them.

You realise that takes up twice the disk space?